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Following the merger of Hai Duong province and Hai Phong city, hi-tech agriculture is expected to make significant breakthroughs.
Solid foundation
Prior to the merger, both Hai Duong province and Hai Phong city had introduced a number of projects, resolutions, and policy frameworks to support and promote the development of hi-tech agriculture with notable progress.
Hai Duong province led northern Vietnam in hi-tech agriculture. By June 2025, the province had built 93.5 ha of greenhouses, an increase of 65 ha compared to 2020, mainly cultivating melons, leafy vegetables, flowers, and seedlings.
Farmers mastered various advanced technologies in greenhouse farming, such as drip irrigation, sprinkler systems, automated fertilization, remote-controlled irrigation using cameras and smartphone apps, etc.
Many greenhouse models annually generated between 1 – 3 billion VND/ha in production value, 10 – 30 times higher than rice cultivation and 15 times higher than traditional vegetable farming, with average profits reaching 750 million VND/ha annually.
Hai Duong also had around 600 ha of specialized vegetable fields equipped with advanced water-saving irrigation systems, boosting economic efficiency by 10 – 30% and saving about 55% of water compared to conventional irrigation.
Additionally, the province had more than 800 livestock farms, including 650 that meet hi-tech agricultural production standards, 122 certified under VietGAP standard, and others that met food safety requirements.
Most agricultural processes in Hai Duong were mechanized. Technologies such as unmanned aerial spraying for crop protection were widely used. Intermittent wet-dry irrigation technology, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions in rice production, was being scaled up across the province.
The former Hai Phong city also made its mark in hi-tech agriculture.
The city had over 2,000 ha of farmland applying advanced techniques. Notably, the VinEco Hai Phong hi-tech agriculture project in Vinh Bao district fully automated its production processes, including irrigation, fertilization, lighting, temperature, ventilation, and nutrient control.
Hai Phong was also home to hundreds of hi-tech pig and poultry farms equipped with automated systems for feeding, cooling, temperature and humidity regulation, and even vaccination.
Stronger growth in the future
Before the merger, leaders of the Agriculture and Environment Departments of the two localities had drafted a preliminary development proposal for the sector. The proposal, which will be submitted to the Party Committee of new Hai Phong city, focuses on mechanisms and policies to promote hi-tech agriculture.
“Key areas such as greenhouse development, smart automation in monitoring and production, and the use of drones for pesticide spraying will be prioritized for investment in the coming phase,” said Luong Thi Kiem, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Hai Duong province.
Many businesses and farmers in Hai Duong believed the merger would give hi-tech agriculture a strategic advantage. As a centrally governed city, Hai Phong had stronger financial resources, a favorable transportation network, seaports, industrial parks, and tourism hubs with lots of restaurants, hotels, and supermarkets, presenting valuable opportunities to expand domestic and export markets for agricultural products.
“I hope the new city authorities will consider establishing a large-scale export-oriented agricultural processing zone and encourage enterprises to sign off-take agreements for hi-tech agricultural products, thereby increasing opportunities, creating new markets with stable prices to give farmers more confidence to invest in and expand production,” said Nguyen Van Hung, owner of 36,000 m² of melon greenhouses in Truong Tan commune, former Hai Duong province’s Gia Loc district.
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